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Morning Prayer 129
72.-0be babft of Draper
EE habit of prayer is no burden to any one, for we
G can pray worthily at any time,.in any place, and
in any posture. Even the motion of the lips is not
necessary; the mind and heart can be engaged in it
while we read or converse or go about our daily work.
Moreover, prayer produces a delicious feeling of hope
and rest in God; and this feeling is worth more than
all the happiness that wealth can purchase or the world
can give.
God respects not the arithmetic of our prayers, how
many they are; nor the rhetoric of our prayers, how
elegant they are; nor the musicof our prayers, how melodious
they are; nor the logicof our prayers, how methodical
they are; but the sincerity of our prayers, how
heart-sprung they are. -Anon.
G
73, - liDornfng Draper
HERE is a freshness about the early morning which
belongs to no other period of the day. The sun
has a more kindly brightness and the air a fresh crisp
ness which are lost largely as the day grows older.
Upon awakening we throw open the window wide and
let in the buoyant atmosphere of the new-born day. It
fills our lungs and brightens our eye and makes us feel
how good it is to live.
What the new-born day is to our physical nature the
morning prayer is to the life of the soul. It is opening
the windows of the heart that the clear air of heaven
may flow in. It reinvigorates the life within us and
turns our thoughts toward the One we love the most.
it is a source of renewed strength, and gives a buoyancy
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